THE READINESS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES OF THE ELDERLY SCHOOL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD OF STUDENTS AT ELDERLY SCHOOLS IN THAILAND
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https://doi.org/10.14456/nrru-rdi.2022.44Keywords:
Elderly schools, Covid-19 pandemic, Discriminant analysisAbstract
The COVID-19 epidemic has been a huge impact on gatherings, meetings, and socializing of people, including school activities for the elderly, which cause many schools to delay their opening of operations or adjusting form of activities in more proper ways. The objectives of this research were to study the level of engagement of digital skills, self-improvement requisites, and obtaining support in participating in school activities of the elderly, and to analyze the factors that distinguish readiness to participate in school activities for the elderly in the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic at schools in Thailand. The sample was 795 students utilizing multistage sampling. Questionnaires were designed to collect data. The statistics utilized in the data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and S.D., utilizing discriminant analysis via stepwise method. The results revealed that the affiliation with elderly schools, digital skills, self-improvement, and support requisites was at a high level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the relationship with the schools for the elderly and the aspect of obtaining support was at the highest level. As for the need for self-development in the school, it was at a high level. While the digital skills were at a moderate level. There were two variables: digital capability and obtaining support that can be employed to classify readiness and unreadiness of groups of students in elderly schools to undertake activities at schools.
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